Cravat supporting stand



Dec. 15, 1931. P. E. WIBERG 1,836,564

CRAVAT SUPPORT ING STAND Filed Dec. 20, 1950 Jwomtov I dummy 13 just below this reduced Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE -ji PETER n WIBERG, or NEWARK, NEW Jn-Rsmr, ASSIGNOR. 'ro ART WIRE m s'rmrme COMPANY, or NEWARK, NEW JERSESLA CORPORATION OF-NEW JERSEY CRAVAT SUPPORTING STAND This invention relates to stands for supporting, and if desired displaying, ties or cravats.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a cravat support of this character with which'the era-vats may be readily engaged and which will support the cravats in such osition that they may be readlly removed from the holder or replaced thereon and may be readily seen.

A further object is to provide a cravat stand of this character having cravat sup porting or holding means mounted upon the stand for rotation to thus bring any desired cravat into position for removal.

A further object is to provide a head for the stand which will constitute a holder for collar buttons or other like articles and provide effective means whereby the head may be engaged with the central post of the stand for rotation thereon and whereby the cravat supporting wires or fingers may be readily engaged with said head and held in their upwardly extending position.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie supporting stand constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section of the upper end of the stand;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the stand;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fi ure 3.

eferring to these drawings, 10 designates an upwardly extending stem or post, the lower end of Which is provided with the outwardly and downwardly extending legs 11 or any other suitable base. The upper end of this post is reduced in diameter, asshown in Figure 2 as at 12 and formed with a groove portion. Adapted to be mounted for rotation upon this post is what may be termed a tubular bolt 14 having a head which surrounds the upper end of the unreduced portion of the post 10 and having a tubular shank extending upward on the p rtion'm and reduced in diameter and exterior-1y screw-threaded at 15. Adapted to be disposed over the ortion 12 of the post is a head 16. This hea at its lower end is counter-sunk to receive the upper end i of the-tubular bolt ]5 and this counter-sunk portion is interiorly screw-threaded to engage the screw-threads on the portion 15. The upper end of this head is formed with a on 1 Y ounted between the head of the bolt 14 is a disk 18, the outer rim of which is turned upward, this disk constituting a washer.

Disposed above this washer 18 is the disk 19 of considerably. greater diameter than the washer, this disk 19 being downwardly dished so as to extend downward and outward. This disk is formed with a plurality of perforations 20 into which extend the lower ends of a plurality of wire fingers21. These fingers extend downward through the openings 20 and are then bent at right angles as at 22 and and the right angular lower ends of the fingers being disposed below the inner margin of the disk 19 and between this disk and the washer 18. The washer 18 may be formed to fit around the angular ends 22 of the fingers.

' It will be obvious now that whenthe head 16 is tightened up upon the bolt 15, these fingers will be clamped tightly in position. These fingers are disposed radially, therefore, around the center of the head 16 and extend upward and at their upper ends are preferably bent upward and outward as shown in Figure 2. Attached to the upper end of the head 16 are a plurality of light springs 23 which extend downward just behind each finger 21 so that the bight of a cravatin order to be placed upon an appropriatefinger must be passed down behind this spring 23 and behind the upwardly curved portion of this I spring so that the tie is practically caught between the spring 23 and the lowerpor'tion of the finger 21. Thus it will require a slight force to detach the tie and a slight force to insert the tie. The force is very slight, however, inasmuch as the upper portion of the finger which approximates the spring is rounded outward both upward and downward. Thebolt 14 is rotatably mounted upon the spindle 12 formed by the upper reduced end of the standard or post 10 and is held in this position, but permitted to rotate on the spindle by means of the set screw 2A or equivalent member inserted through the lower end of the boltv into the groove 13.

This set screw is inserted very slightly just sufiiciently so as to hold the head rotatably upon the spindle.

It will be seen that this device is adapted either for the display of ties in a haberdashery or for the support of ties in a dressing room. The device provides means whereby the ties may be supported in a depending position and thus kept flat and smooth and at the same time permits the ties to be readily inserted or readily removed. Each tie is kept separate from any other tie so that it may be readily seen and readily selected. The ties maybe easily inserted or removed. number of cravats can thus be placed on view for instant removal as the number of fingers 21 disposed in a circle around the central axis may be quite large.

It is obvious that each finger can support a number of cravats if desired. Obviously the device may be made in many attractive forms and designs and the device may be made of metal, wood or any other desirable material. Minor changes might be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the claims.

I claim 1. A tie holder of the character described, comprising a central support, a head rotatably mounted upon the support at its upper end, a downwardly and outwardly curved disk mounted upon the head for rotation therewith, and a plurality of oravat supporting fingers mounted upon the head to extend upward from the disk and to rotate with the head.

2. A cravat support of the character described, comprising a central standard, a head rotatable upon the standard, a plurality of radially disposed fingers mounted upon the head for rotation therewith, each finger adj acent its upper end being inwardly and then outwardly curved upward, and a light spring associated with each finger and extending downward from the head past the inwardly protuberant portion of the finger.

3. A tie support of the character described, comprising a central standard formed to provide a stem, a head rotatably mounted upon the stem, a tubular bolt surrounding the lower an angular portion, the angular portion being disposed between the disk and the washer and clamped in this space by the bolt bearing a ainst the Washer.

4. K tie support of the character described, comprising a central standard formed to provide a stem, a head rotatably mounted upon the stem, a tubular bolt surrounding the lower end of the stem and having screw-threaded engagement with the head, the bolt being rotatable upon the stem, a disk surrounding the tubular bolt and disposed below the lower end of the stem and extending outward and downward, a washer disposed between the head of the bolt and said disk, and a plurality ofradially disposed fingers, each finger having an upwardly extending portion and an angular portion, the angular portion being disposed between the disk and the washer and clamped in this space by the bolt bearing against the washer, each finger havingassociated therewith a light spring extending downward from and attached to the upper end of the head, each finger being inwardly. curved toward the spring and then outwardly and upwardly curved.

5. A era-vat holder of the character described, comprising a central standard, a head rotatably mounted upon the standard, a plurality of vertically disposed fingers carried by the lower end of the head and extending upward and outward, the upper end of the head being ,formed to provide a receptacle. I

6. In a tie holder of the character described, a central standard, a head rotatable upon the standard, a disk carried upon the lower end of the head. and rotatable therewith, the disk having a fixed upper face to 1 5 extend downward andoutward from the head, and a plurality of radially disposed tie engaging members extending upward from the disk and spaced from the head, the tie engaging members having their upper por- 110 tions curved inward and then outward;

] In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PETER E. lVIBERG.

end of the stem and having screw-threaded engagement with the head, the bolt being rotatable upon the stem, a disk surrounding the tubular bolt and disposed below the lower end of the stem and extending outward and downward, a washer disposed between the head of the bolt and sai-d'disk, and a plurality of radially disposed fingers, each finger having an upwardly extending portion and 

